"Tutor"

Job Identification

11057

Role: Tutor at Edinburgh College of Art

Grade UE06: £32,982 to £38,205 Per annum, Pro-rata.

Applications are invited for a Guaranteed Hours (GH), open ended contract as a Tutor in A&LA on the following courses:

ARCH11287 Exploring Situated Methods 1: Site-specific Field Lab (10 hours)

ARCH11226 Cultural Landscapes Colloquium (5 hours)

ARCH11129 History and Theory of Conservation (8 hours)

ARCH 11198 World Heritage (5 hours)

ARHI10061 Studies in Architectural History (7 hours)

The Opportunity: 

We are seeking teaching assistance in Critical Heritage Studies with a focus on the imperial legacies of Edinburgh and de-colonial theory to join a team of teaching staff contributing to learning and teaching at both postgraduate and undergraduate level. The successful candidate will assist with teaching, field trips, assessment, and feedback across a variety of postgraduate and undergraduate courses from the start of the 2024/25 academic year. The courses have specified learning outcomes and sit within the postgraduate MSc in Architecture, Landscape and Environment, the postgraduate MSc in Architectural Conservation and the undergraduate MA(BA) in Architectural History and Heritage programmes.

Your skills and attributes for success: 

• Ability to guide students in fieldwork and/or theoretical work on Critical Heritage Studies. 
• Ability to work within a team with a collegial attitude, respect and sensitivity toward students and other staff members.
• Ability to apply research experience in teaching activities to enhance student understanding
• An enthusiastic, positive and creative approach to teaching
• Ability to think critically and creatively.

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In addition to a full cv/resume, please provide a covering letter describing your interest and detailing why you wish to be considered for the role

About the Team

Edinburgh College of Art is a large and diverse school within the University of Edinburgh's College of Humanities and Social Science. It comprises Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Art, Design, History of Art and Music. 

Our mission is to promote world-leading critical enquiry across all these subject areas through scholarly research, teaching and creative practice. 

Over 3,000 students and 800 staff study and work at ECA and we enjoy strong relationships with museums, galleries, archives, practitioners and industry partners in Edinburgh, Scotland, the UK and internationally. 

As a valued member of our team you can expect: 

• A competitive salary.
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. 
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits. 

Championing equality, diversity and inclusion

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality. 

Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab).

The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.  

Key dates to note

The closing date for applications is 22 August 2024.

Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone. 

Interviews will be held at a time to be determined later.